Portable oil dispenser



V G; E. SHERWOOD.

PORTABLE on DISPENSER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2, 1922. ll ,ljfilflfifi Pammed Nov 2L, 11922.

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G. E. SHERWOOD.

PORTABLE OIL DISPENSER.

APPLICATION FILED IE8. 2, I922.

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UNHTESTATES F ATENT @FFHCCIZL GEORGE E. SHERWOfJD, 01F ROCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T GUARANTEE LIQUID MEASURE COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed February 2, 1922. Serial No. 538,535.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ll, GEORGE E. SHERWOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Oil Dispensers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dispensing tanks for oil and other liquids.

The objects of the invention are to provide a closed supply tank with a pump to suppl a superposed glass measuring vessel; t e overflow from said vessel being returned by its supporting standpipe to the supply tank and the pipe from the pump leading up through said standpipe to the top of the measuring vessel; to provide the supply tank with a filling cap or plug adapted to be locked to the pump handle so that the pump may not be operated and the filling cap may not be removed, also to provide means for locking the filling plug or cap when the pump handle is unlocked therefrom; also to mount this latter locking means as an attachment to the guide of the gage rod or level indicator; also to provide a plurality or battery of the complete units mounted on a suitable hand truck so that the battery of tanks filled with different grades of oil may be moved from place to place and supply a purchaser with any one or all of the grades of oil.

These objects I accomplish by the construction shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

ig. 1 is a front elevation of one of the improved measuring units Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view, showing the filling cap locked to the gage or float rod guide.

Fig. a is a vertical section through the ga e float rod guide on line 55, Fig. 5.

ig. 5 is a plan or top view thereof.

Fig; 6 is a front elevation thereof.

Fig. 7 shows a plan and edge view of the rotary disk for closing the opening in the gage rod guide.

Fig. 8 shows abattery or plurality of the improved dispensing tanks mounted on a wheeled platform or truck.

The tank 1 is entirely closed so that no dust may enter and mix with the oil; The top 2 of the tank is provided with a vertical standpipe 3 on the upper end of which is screwed the bottom plate 4 of a glass container 5, the top plate 6 of which is connected to said bottom plate by the tie bolts or rods 7 in the usual manner. On these tie rods are the indicators 8 to indicate the amount of oil or other liquid in the container. Registering with the upper end of the standpipe 3 is a measuring tube 9 having a threaded adjusting sleeve 10 on its upper end to adjust the length of the measuring tube nicely to the predetermined quantity or bulk of liquid the container is to hold. Any excess of liquid will flow back to tank 1 through the measuring tube 9 and standpipe 3.

The bottom 4 of the. container is provided with an outwardly and downwardly inclined nipple 11 to which is connected a drawoff faucet or cook 12.

The container 5 is supplied by means of a supply pipe 13 extending from the tank 1 up through the standpipe 3, measuring tube 9 and top plate 6.

The upper end of supply pipe 13 is threaded and upon it is screwed the lower nut-like end 14 of an identification or name plate 15 of ornamental design and having a space 16 to receive a card, not shown which will bear a word indicating the kin of oil, as heavy, medium, and light. This tag or name plate 15 thus secures the pipe 13 and top plate 6 firmly together and closes the upper end of said pipe. The pipe 13 is apertured above the standpipe 3 for discharging the liquid into the container 5.

The lower end of the pipe 13 is inclined forwardly to a check'valve 18 which is con nected to a T 19, the upper end of which connects with the lower end of a pump cyl-= inder 20 and the lower end of which is provided with an inlet check valve 21. The pump cylinder 20 is provided within the tank with'relief apertures 20', as shown in Fig. 2. The upper end of the pump cylinder 20 extends through a bracket or collar 22 on the lower side of the tank top 2 and. its upper end is closed by a threaded cap or head 23, through which extends the piston rod 24 having a piston 25 on its lower end and a cross handle 26 on its upper exposed end. The left end of the handle 26 is provided with an aperture 27 and is adapted to extendacross a filling plug or cap 29 threaded into an opening in the top 2 of tank 1.

lllltl This plug or cap 29 is provided with a swinging bail'or link 30 adapted to be swung over the apertured end 27 of handle 26 and be locked thereto by any suitable means, such as a padlock 31, see Fig. 1. When thehandle 26 is thus locked to the plug or cap 29 the pump cannot be operated to fill the glass container 5, nor can the filling plug or cap 29 be unscrewed to permit access to tank 1.

In order to lock the filling plug or cap 29 when the pump handle is released, an apertured lug 33 is provided on a guide cap 34, which lug 33 lies within the path of the swinging bail or link 30 so that when said bail or link is released from the pump handle it may be swung over the lug 33, as shown in Fig. 3, and the padlock applied to the aperture therein and so the plug or cap will be locked against rotation and the contents of the tank protected. A single padlock thus serves two purposes in connection with the swinging link mounted on the filling cap or plug.

An oil level indicator for tank 1 is provided in the form of a rod 36 provided atits lower end with a float 37 extending at its upper end through an opening 38 in the guide cap 34.

This opening is to one side of the lug 33 so that the rise and fall of the rod 36 will not be interfered with. The apertured lug 33 is provided at its. lower end with a screw stem 39 screwed into a threaded socket in the guide cap 34, as shown in Fig. 4, and is held in fixed position by a cross pin 35. The lug 33 has a shoulder 40 at the upper end of its threaded stem 39 and a disk 41 is mounted to turn freely on the stem 39 between the shoulder and the top of cap 34, so as to close the opening 38. This disk is cut away, as at 42, so that when the opening 42 registers with the opening 38' the rod 36 will be free to rise and fall with the liquid in the tank. The rod 36 may be held down however, by rotating the disk 41 to close the opening 38 as in Fig. 3.

The above described tank mechanism comprises a complete unit and, in order that,oils of different kinds or grades may be'carried from point to point to supply automobilists and others, I mount a plurality of these units on a simple truck 50, as shown in Fig. 8. The upper edge of the truck 50 is provided with side and end flanges 51 to hold the tanks in place. Three of the units are mounted on the truck and may hold light, medium and heavy? oils or oils of diiferent makes.

It will be seen that the standpipe is at the rear of the tank, where it forms the sole support for the glass container, and the pump is at the front of the tank, while the container faucet is above thepump and between it and the standpipe so that space is afforded on top of the tank 1 for supporting the vessel to be filled. Moreover, the supply pipe for the container lies within the standplpe, where it is out of the way and protected against injury as the tank is moved from place to place.

What I claim is:

1. A liquid dispenser, comprising a tank, a standpipe projecting upwardly from the top thereof, a visible container mounted on the upper end of the standpipe, a mcasur-- 7 of the pump up through the standpipe and measuring tube and opening into the upper end of the container.

2. A liquid dispenser, comprising a tank, a standpipe projecting upwardly from the top thereof, a visible container mounted on the upper end of said standpipe, a measuring tube forming an extension of the standpipe' and leading up into the container, a centrally apertured cap plate for the top of the container, means for drawing off the contents of the container, a liquid pump? mounted on the tank top and extending down into the tank, a supply pipe leading from the outlet side of the pump up through the standpipe, measuring tube and central aperture of the cap plate, and an indicating tag having a nut-like lower end screwed upon the upper end of said supply pipe to close it and clamp the cap plate thereto; the upper end of the supply pipe having an outlet into the container.

3. In a liquid dispenser, the combination with a tank. of a pump for discharging the,

contents of the tank and provided wlth a handle, a filling plug or cap in the tank top to one side of the handle, and means for connecting and locking the pump handle to the filling plug or cap.

4. In a. liquid dispenser, the combination with a tank and a superposed container, of a pump for supplying the container from the tank and provided with a handle apertured at one end and a 'filling plug or cap 1n the tank top adjacent to the apertured end of the handle and a link or bail mounted on the filling plug or cap and of a length,

to swing over the apertured end of the handle and permit a locking means to engage said aperture.

5. In a liquid dispenser, the combination with a tank, of a liquid pump mounted in the tank top and extending down to the lower end thereof to discharge its contents, an operating {handle 'for the pump provided with a locking aperture at one end, a filling plug or cap adjacent to the apermaeoee on the tank top over which the bail or linkis adapted to be swung when moved out of engagement with the handle.

6. In a liquid dispenser, the combination with a tank, of a liquid pump mounted in the tank top and extending down to the lower end thereof to discharge its contents, an operating handle for the pump provided with a locking aperture at one end, a filling cap or plug adjacent to said apertured end and provided with a swinging bail to swing thereover when swung in one direction, a guide cap having an apertured lug adapted to be engaged by the bail or link.

in its opposite throw, and a float actuated indicator rod extending up' through the guide cap.

7. In a dispensing apparatus, the combination with a tank, a discharge pump therefor having a handle apertured at one end, a filling cap adjacent to the apertured end'of the handle, a link or yoke pivoted to the filling cap to swing over the apertured handle end, of a gage rod guide provided with an apertured shouldered lug to one side of its guide opening over which the link or yoke may be swung in its movement away from the pump handle, a rotary disk mounted between the lug shoulder and the top of the said guide and having an opening to register with the opening in the gage rod guide.

8.. In a dispensing apparatus, the combination with a tank, a discharge pump therefor having a handle provided with an aperture, a filling cap adjacent to the apertured portion of the handle, a link or yoke pivoted to the said cap to swing over the apertured portion of the handle, of a gage rod guide having a vertical aperture, a floatgage with its rod extending up through said aperture. an apertured lug or eye projecting up from said guide to one side of its vertical aperture and over which the link or yoke is adapted to be swung, and

means for closing the upper end of said vertical aperture to retain the gage rod in its lowered position.

9. A portable dispensing apparatus, comprising a wheeled truck, and a series of separate and independent dispensing units mounted side by side thereon; every unit comprising a tank, a standpipe secured at its lower end to the top of the tank, a visible container supported on the upper end of the standpipe and provided with a measuring tube opening at its lower end'into the upper end of the standpipe, a pump depending into the tank, a pipe leading from the discharged side of the pump up through the standpipe and measuring tube and d1scharging into the visible container, and means for discharging the contents of the container.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

GEORGE E. SHERW'OOD. 

